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Forest Parkers’ pride

In 1949, Refiners Pride, the local gas station at Randolph Street and Belvidere Avenue, sponsored the local girls basketball team. The Proviso girls featured here included Norma Berger, who was known for her pitching in the All-American Girls Baseball League during the 1950 season for the Springfield Sallies. Her older sister, Barbara, played for the […]